Fluoride campaign should stick to facts instead of razing Kane
Recently, an Anchorage public relations firm has been calling Juneau residents with a survey about water fluoridation. The survey included questions not only about fluoridation but about people's opinions about the local alternative medical community, including a specific question about Dr. Emily Kane.

Photo: Breaking ground
Joslyn Mckown, right, plays in the dirt with her toy bulldozers while other children, from left, Sayja Bradley, Claire Engstrom, Krishant Samtami and Sahil Bathija join her on the earth mound during a Saturday afternoon groundbreaking event on the site where the future Juneau Family and Birth Center will be built.

Community sounds off on ATV use at Echo Cove
Worries about all-terrain vehicle use and abuse at Echo Cove have been reverberating throughout the community in recent weeks.
Trespassing, vandalism, destruction of property and littering have become so rampant on Goldbelt's property that it periodically has placed security guards on its land near Echo Cove, said Bob Martin, vice president of operations for Goldbelt, Juneau's urban Native corporation.

Nonprofits see worker shortage
Several nonprofits providing services to people with disabilities in Juneau are beginning to feel an employee shortage.
"It's the worst I've seen," said Kim Champney, support services program director for REACH.

Jonathan Diebels
A service celebrating Jonathan William Diebels, who died July 9, 2007, will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2, at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. A reception will follow in the Hall.

Outside editorial: Needing a cure for Walter Reed
It has been five months since an investigation by The Post exposed squalid conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and federal policy-makers now have no shortage of good advice on how to fix the bloat, inefficiency and indifference of the military health-care system.

Who will defend Alaska's U.S. reps?
Isn't anyone going to defend Alaska and Alaskans? Maybe this writer is more sensitive than most because Ketchikan keeps getting hit with that "$200 million bridge to nowhere" tag.

Chilkoot Trail More than a nature hike
Editor's note: Earlier this month, Juneau Empire reporter Greg Skinner hiked the 33-mile-long Chilkoot Trail from Dyea to Lake Bennett in British Columbia. The following is part two of a two-part series describing his trip to and from Chilkoot Summit. This part describes the Canadian leg of his adventure.

Allison Point offers easy access
This is where laid-back lawn-chair urban fishing butts up against some of the best that Alaska wilderness angling has to offer.

Chilkoot Timeline
1874: George Holt is considered the first white person to have crossed the Chilkoot Trail.

Photo: 205-pound catch
From left: Matt Turley, 14, of Pauslbo, Wash., AJ Edwards, Sarah Edwards and Zach Turley pose by a 73-inch-long, 205-pound halibut that Turley caught last Sunday near Southern Lynn Canal. It took all four to subdue the fish and get it in the boat.

State reissues 3,000 Nelchina hunt permits
The state has reissued about 3,000 subsistence hunting permits for Nelchina caribou and moose, with almost 1,300 of them going to hunters who did not originally win permits.

Northwest Digest
Juneau Police found a late model Chevrolet truck submerged below an embankment in Aurora Harbor early Saturday morning.

Court rules against Exxon in pipeline case
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an effort by Exxon Mobil Corp. to overturn rules governing access to a potential multibillion-dollar pipeline that would transport natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 states.